diplotaenia, Harpe Gill [T. N.] 1862:140 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico [eastern Pacific]. Lectotype: USNM 2986 (dry). Paralectotypes: USNM 4441 (1). Lectotype selected by Gomon 2006:96 [ref. 28730]. •Valid as Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill 1862) -- (Bussing 1987:95 [ref. 21800], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Allen & Robertson 1994:197 [ref. 22193], Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995:1206 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:196 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:489 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:330 [ref. 24555], Parenti & Randall 2000:5 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:171 [ref. 25640], Victor et al. 2001:282 [ref. 25613], Baldwin & McCosker 2001:92 [ref. 25779], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:135 [ref. 37547], Gomon 2006:94 [ref. 28730], Béarez & Séret 2009:150 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Kuiter 2010:31 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:448 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Santini et al. 2016:3 [ref. 39174], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Love et al. 2021:175 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill 1862). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France) and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.